Normal And Abnormal

According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey the unemployment rate in India has a declining trend: 2020-21= 4.2%, 2021-22 = 4.1%, 2022-23 = 3.2%. The percentage of unemployment shown above may appear to be not very high in comparison with other countries. While looking at our large population these cannot be small in numbers. Over and above these when we add the figures of under employed, those unaccounted found in large numbers in the agricultural sector, the youth passing out every year etc into consideration the actual figures may be much higher. We may also keep in mind that there are countries like South Africa with 29.8%, Djibouti with 27.9%, West Bank/Gaza with 25.7% etc have high rates of unemployment. While assessing the employment rate,  the median age too holds significance. Countries with lowest median age are, Niger 15.3, Uganda 15.7 and Mali 16.2. When we take the work force, India is on the best layer of the median age 28.4 (29.8). The median age of Japa...

Our  political leaders when have a large gathering to listen, say, economic development of India is something easily achievable one. We may overtake China in another few years! We will be among the advanced countries of the world! And very soon by political parties' loud speakers we may listen that we are going to be the richest in the world! Speakers continue with their tall speeches and the listeners continue to clap their hand. Our one-way traffic media reports make these great speeches reach as much people as possible. But what is hidden from probably most of the people are: 1) considerable amount of about 1.5 billion population still live below poverty line or close to the line above, 2) a large amount of our population are between illiterates and below matriculation, 3) ours is one of the most unsafe country for women in the world, 4) countless number of people are begging in streets across the country, 5) unknown number of children are unable to attend the school...

There  are many instances of allegations of corruption against government officials, ministers, political functionaries etc in Kerala through news media time and again. In response to this the people as a whole do not react considering that their hard earned money is being swindled by antisocial elements. 'Don't mind, let them have it', seems to be the general attitude of the people. The general earnings of the state through government for 2023-24 is: Public debt - 36.9% of GSDP Budget balance -(-Rs 39,662 Cr) Revenue - Rs 1.36 lakhs Crs Expense - Rs 2.76 lakhs Crs Then comes agriculture. Nearly half of the population is engaged in some sort of agricultural activities. Marine products trading and exports is another significant field of earing. About 65% of the income of the state comes from different sectors like IT, real estate, tourism, insurance, banking, transportation etc Over and above these about 1.5 lakhs crores rupees are brought in to the state every y...

    The New Parliament of India  For over seven decades India is standing proudly in the world as independent nation. We are among the top layer of the world in GDP. We manufacture plenty of products of international standard and sell among different countries. We have educational institutions and hospitals recognised by many countries. While all-round development is taking place in our country, we do not give adequate attention to refine our democracy. About 1.5 billion population depending wholly on our democratic establishments. Unfortunately our democratic establishments do not take adequate care to restructure our parliamentary democracy as it needs to be. For instance, one with no knowledge of law can be a law minister; an illiterate can be an education minister; a health minister need not hold any medical degree, and so on. We need certain alterations in such fields. For instance, it must be compulsory that a law minister should hold a law degree, healt...

You  may have a look at the famous faces when they were young. Priyanka Chopra Steve Jobs (18) Sean Connery Angelina Jolie (11) Britney Spears (11) Madonna (7) Barrack Obama Merielyn Monroe Jackie Chan Elizabeth Taylor Lady Gaga Jennifer Lopez David Beckham Narendra Modi In a school play Salman Khan Shahrukh Khan Virat Kohli Rahul Gandhi M S Dhoni Aravind Kejrival (Indebted to the report of Akrash Mehrotra in Scoop Whoop Media and another report by Inga Korolkovalte in Bored Panda, also from other websources) K V George

In many people the decision to vote to which party is influenced by their parents and grandparents. The time is changed and the world around us too is changed considerably. Along with that every bit of information is at our reach. We can evaluate each party, their past performance, the charector of their leaders, the fundamental nature of each party, their promises for the future, their efficiency and resources to achieve the promise and such many other aspects.  We should not go for any petty consideration. Our nation should hold the prime significance. Corruption is the deadliest weapon held by many parties. If we do not get out of this all-round corruption prevailing in our country it will destroy the people and country one day. When your vote is a clean one, it should be received by a clean one too! K V George 

While we Indians feel we are safest in our motherland than anywhere in the world the following figures really horrify us. We murder  about half a lakh people every year. Let us remember that there are over ten countries in the world where the population is less than a lakh.  Homicides in India in the recent times. 2015 - 44,373     2016 - 42,320 2017 - 41,017     2018 - 40,985 2019 - 40,479     2020 - 40,651 2021 - 41,330     2022-  30,000 (Indebted to the report by Knoema for figures from 2015 to 2021. According to a report by The Hindu there are about 85 murders per day) According to world crime statistics of 2023, India ranks 81 with crime index of 44.4 When we take rape cases in India the following are the reported figures. 2021 - 31,677   2020 - 28,046 2019 - 32,032   2018 - 33,356 2017 - 32,559   2016 - 38,947 2015 - 34,655   2014 - 34,735 2013 - 33,707 In...

(Strike in a production unit in Palakkad. Image courtesy, Times of India) Undoubtedly there is only one claimant for the economy of Kerala as we see today. That is none other than the people of Kerala. Since independence, with bare minimum education, our people moved out to other states across the country. The huge outflow was towards the then Bombay, Madras and Calcutta. They worked hard to meet their needs and send the remaining back to the homes. Later few people moved to Malaya (today's Malaysian region), Persia (Gulf countries) Sheema (England) etc. These all together laid the economic foundation of Kerala. Later with higher education and competitive knowledge and skills our past generations moved all over the world. Our past spirit and experience brought our today's generation to one of the most intelligent and skillful people of the world. And that brought the external remittance to Rs 2.2 lakh crores per annum. None of our political parties tried to pool thi...

A few years ago an interview with a foreign lady had appeared in a Malayalam publication. She came to Kottayam by a KSRTC bus. She walked from the bus stand to the central junction. During this short walk, she said that twelve times people had laid their hands on her. It may not be a uncommon thing for the women folk of God's own country. In another instance, a city bus conductor of Ernakulam, during noon time when there were less passengers in the bus, conciously laid hands on the body of a school girl (I think that the man was later arrested by the police.) In another heinous act a 76 years old women was picked from the way side somewhere from north of Trissur, and according to the media reports she was  raped by a young man and thrown to the road side and some passerby had later rescued her. Recently there was a media report about a fifty plus man sentenced to imprisonment for raping a minor girl. Such things goes on and on in the God's own country. These things ...

According to World Population Review 2025 (www.worldpopulationreview.com) the top five healthiest countries in the world with their scores are given below. Singapore 95.3, Japan.95.1, South Korea ;94.3, Taiwan 94.2 and Israel 94.2-. India ranked 66th out of 195 countries in the Global Health Security Index of 2021. We Indians may be least bothered about our low ranking in the world in health. When we take the cleanest atmosphere in the world, or in other words  low levels of particulate matter in the air region above the surface of earth the best rated countries are: Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In the extreme opposite, very unhealthy and hazardous atmosphere is found in Delhi (India), Lahore (Pakistan), Chongquing (China), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Kuwait City (Kuwait) are found the most polluted cities in the world as per Word Air Quality Index of 31381 stations from 16534 contributors in 2024. Cleanest countries in the world based on genera...

As per police records 1.2 million anti social activities took place  in India in 2022. About.crime against women Uttar Pradesh reported a staggering 4,45,256 crimes, the highest in the country in 2022 as per NCRB report. Say about 51 FIRs per hour in the state. In the case of murders in 2022 in India, U P topped with a figure of 3491 followed by Bihar with 2930 and Maharashtra with 2295.(indebted to: frontline.thehindu.com ) Delhi and Haryana are found the most unsafe states in the country for women with the reported cases of 144.4 and 118.7 respectively per lakh women as per the report of NCRB 2022. As far as the crime rate is concerned Delhi recorded the highest with 1952.5 crimes per lakh of population followed by Kochi with 1358.2 and Indore with 1251.8 (indebted to report of, timesofindia.indiatimes.com) While India as a whole reported a crime rate of 445.9 per lakh of population in 2023, UP topped the list followed by Kerala, Maharashtra, Delhi and Bihar. K V Geor...

(Image courtesy,                                  Shutterstock) (First published on 16.Februar2024) Kerala is notorious for its approach towards entrepreneurs. We have not only driven away many for one reason or the other. Let us understand the fact that this habit of ours have finally brought the state government to the present financial situation. If we could welcome all those came to our state to set up some industries the face look of the state would have been much different. We would not have faced this financial scarcity. Many of our youth would have got excellent employment opportunities and the state revenue would have been substantially increased. E-Manorama had a news report on 12th December that one NRI came from Ireland set up a modern restaurant and toddy bar in Kottayam with an employment potential of over 150 people both direct and indirect. Some people are trying ...

Triveni Sangam, Allahabad, the confluence of three holy rivers; the Ganga, Yamuna and the legendary Saraswati. During the Kumb Mela Triveni witness the largest human gathering in the world. God Vishnu after Mahabharat in Dwaparayug said that in Kalyuga the people will be so violent that the world will merely be dark. So what is happening all around the world can be attributed to the impact of Kalyuga. In Hinduism there are 4 cycle of birth and death of universe. Satyug - Angels and humans with 100% peace. Pretyug - 75% peace and 25% violence. Ramayana occurred during this period. Dwaparayug - 50% peace and 50% violence.. Mahabharat happened during this period. Kalyug - 25% peace and 75% violence. Current time. Whichever may be the religion it does not consists of Angels and gods but filled with humans. They are prone to commit crimes all along. No impact of Sree Ram or Sree Krishna can be there. Crime rate in India 2020 - 487.8 per lakh 2021 - 445.9 per lakh 2022 - 422.2 pe...

India is a rich country. We have enough natural resources. We have more than enough manpower to exploit those. Unfortunately our successive governments, instead of bringing up the standard of living of the people, making more and more poor and illiterates here. It is high time that the people of the country should realise the situation and focus on raising our own standard of living. Under the present circumstances it may be difficult to unite the whole nation, however noble the purpose may be. Hence the educated youth of the country must unite ignoring all regional and cast complexes. All your actions should be against corruption only, because corruption is the prime enemy of the country today. You need not fight against any political parties, religious philosophies or regional ideologies. My dear young ones, you fight against corruption. If you can win the war and eradicate corruption from the country, you can certainly win the election and form the government as the coun...

When we look at the history of Indian cricket of 93 years, it can be seen as a fairly balanced performance. During this period we have played 594 tests with 183 won and 186 lost and 224 drawn. While comparing this with the recent performance we can find 5 defeats in 7 matches. In the recent period we have tried 9 different captains. Yet we have reached nowhere. The IPL has been playing for 18 years since 2008. While analysing the recent performance we cannot say that the IPL has contributed anything worth for the Indian cricket. It may also be worth to point out that political penetrations in cricket arena too could not subscribe anything to cricket.  It is suggested therefore, to form a five members commission to fully evaluate the contemporary cricket and suggest ways and means to rejuvenate the various formats of Indian cricket. Suggested names of the commission: S/S Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Viswanath, Kapil Dev, Bishen Singh Bedi.and M.S.Dhoni. K V George 

According to the estimate of Ojha 190 million (44%) people of India were below poverty line in 1961. While the extreme poverty line in our country went from 60% in 1981 to 33% in 2010. People below poverty line in India in 1999-2000 came to 26%. Poverty line recorded in India in 2021 was 11.9%. India's poverty line declined to 4.5%-5% in 2022-23 with rural poverty declining to 7.2% and urban poverty down to 4.6%. By 2024 the poverty level is found to have come down to 2.4%. (The above informations are gathered from various websources. In case the readers want total accuracy in the above reports, they are requested to approach the related government sources) Further to the above information, here it is submitted - National Multidimensional Poverty Index, A Progress Review 2023 of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) According to the report, 135 million people escaped multidimensional poverty between 2015-16.and 2019-2021  The country registered a significant decli...

The  State of Kerala is passing through some of the worst times in it's financial history. The successive governments have not done anything considerable to enhance  the revenue of the state. For decades our revenue is primarily centred on taxes, liquor sales and lottery.9 Something is received from tourism too. We are practically more depended on loan that too without any available resources for repayment. If the reports are reliable the state of Kerala has a liability of 48 lakhs crores which is the highest among all states. Taxes imposed on people have almost reached an unbearable stage. Yet no measure is being taken to check the expenditure.  There are a number of Commissions active in the state with a good number of staff and with other administrative expenses. Some of these can be dispersed forth with. Traveling expenditure of ministers and other government staff may be brought down considerably. Expenditure towards entertainment by various offices can b...

According  to a report by the Indian Express some time back 6.53 lakhs police cases were registered in Kerala in 2017. This must be the highest number in India at that time. As per the State Crime Records Bureau upto the third quarter of 2019 a total of 10,516 cases of atrocities against women were reported in our state of which 1,537 were rapes. Over 8100 prisinors are in Kerala jails now. These things do not sound good for the  state of Kerala. Thus goes the crime in our state. Some are caught and a few are punished. Some are imprisoned for a few months and others for a few years. Finally all come out of the prison gate. But almost all are coming out as harder criminals. They all develop criminal relations with all co-prisinors and continue to commit more and more crimes. There is no result oriented efforts made by the government to reform the criminals. There was a report in the media in the recent past about a motor bike thief who had stolen a good number of bikes....

In  a worldly aspect, every religion has a common outlook. That is, every religion advocates to treat others with love, kindness and respect as we would like to be treated by others. We may find below whether the religious teaching could make any positive impact in people. Netherlands  Population - 1.84 cr Atheist 56%, RC 17%, Prot 24% Musn9% Area  41,865 km² Pci(ppp) $84,570/- Most of the prisons are closed for want of inmates Ranked as one of the safest countries in the world for women. Crime rate is one ofthe lowest with 0.65 per 100K population in 2021. 9th least corrupt among 180 countries in 2024.; 0.7 per one lakh population is the rate of human murder in 2024 Denmark  Governmen t- Constructional Monarchy  Area 43,094 sq km Population 5.9 million Life expectancy 79.9 years GDP (2024) $429.4 billions  Per capita income $71,852 (2024) Literacy rate 99% (2023) Crime index 26 3/100.  Safety index 73.7/100 Corruption: Denmark has the lowe...

The lowest reported homicide rate in the world is 0.2 per one lakh and the highest are El Salvador with 82.84 and Honduras with 56.52. Major factors contribute high rate of murder in a country are corruption among the authorities, poor rate of weapon control and a flawed system of justice. Countries with lowest homicide rate are, Japan (0.2), Singapore (0.2), Hong Kong (0.3), Luxembourg (0.3) and Indonesia (0.4). In the highest rate category, after El Salvador and Honduras are Venezuela (56.33), Virgin Islands (49.26) and Jamaica (47.02) are on top. Among the major countries, the rates are, Russia (10.82), USA (5.35), India (3.22), Canada (1.68), France (1.35), UK (1.20), Germany (1.18), Australia (0.94), Italy (0.67) and China (0.62) Let us now focus on India. In India the number of homicides fell from 48,167 in 2000 to 46,460 in 2010, 44,373 in 2015 and 42,678 in 2016. Some of us may think that in a country like ours such amount of homicides are not much. On the other han...

All  put together, there is only one man in the world, taking all living and dead. It is neither a fantasy nor an imagination but a truth. According to Hinduism sage Manu was the first man came into this world. Matsya Purana says that Lord Brahma had union with Goddess Shatrupa (Saraswati) and out of the union of them Manu was born. And he is believed to be the first man created on earth as per Hinduism. As per Old Testament, God created the first man on earth was Adam.  "And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and He breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul " (Genesis 2:7).  "... And he called their name Adam, in the day when they were created." (Genesis 5:2) Modern science says something totally different about the formation of the world and whatever in it. Science explain this through the Big Bang Theory. It says that a tiny particle was formed first and it exploded and from that all those in the uni...

Before answering this question we must know what is the power of the people in this largest democracy of the world. Democracy in India is established on four pillars like legislature, executive, judiciary and media. These four pillars are beleived to be resting on the 'largest area of land' called the great Indian population. If we study the nature of land for over 75 years we may find that it has become a marshy land. Now we must put all out efforts to remove the water from this land and make it a levelled, strong and dry land where all the four pillars can be strongly erected. Whenever weakness was noticed in the pillars there were three external forces that were terribly influenced to spoil the land. First of these three damaging factors is excessive and aimless politics. As per the publication of Election Commission of India dated 23.09.2021, there were 2858 parties registered with the Commission including 6 national parties, 57 regional parties and 2796 unrecog...

The  money which is not brought into the books of Income Tax department is said to be black money. In fact we do not have any accurate account of this money available in the country. It is the aftermath of the historically recognised ways and means of corruption. However as per various estimation the amount is considerably varied. When one estimation shows it is over Rs 900 lakh crores, another shows it is over $10 trillion that is held illegally in Switzerland. In an unconfirmed report of the World Bank says it is about 20% of our GDP. The currency  in circulation as on 23 December 2022 is Rs 32.4 lakh crores. Part of this is being added to the black account every year. If our government can take the risk of an earnest effort to account for the black money and bring into the use of the people of the country, India can make a quantum leap in the economic front. The government may select the following fronts for investment under a new scheme exclusively devised for ...

    In  order to learn more about plants, one goes to the teachers of Botany, for machinary to the Mechanical Engineers and to know about our own body, we go to the appropriate Doctors. Surprisingly, to learn about the Almighty God, the Creator of everything in this universe we go generally to an illiterate or an unconcerned person. Most of us do not know much about a mosquito or an ant. Many of us do not know about our own body system. Highly qualified Psychologists and Neuroscientists cannot say much about human mind. Despite these facts, when it comes to God, anyone may speak everything about God, as if they know all about God. It is because God is so simple for them. For those, religion is the science of God. In modern India, those who have political status is considered as the authorised one to speak about God and religion. We Indians have a treasure of knowledge stored in the four Vedas and the ten principal Upanishads from the 108 books. These great boo...

              Village houses in India  There may be very few politicians who can say what their fellow Indians urgently need now.  What is offered by some are God, temple, Pooja and so on. Those who are not in politics may better suggest the real need of the people of this country. The reader may please assess the genuineness of these needs. Eradication of all kinds of corruption including monetory corruption from our country for ever. Ensure GDP per capita income of our country is brought up to the level of economically advanced countries of the world. Poverty level of our country must be recasted to the same level of economically advanced countries and then ensure that no one in India lives below that line. India is a country with least safety for women. We must ensure total safety for women anywhere in this country. We should also stop domestic violence in any house in our motherland. We must exploit as much natural resources a...

According to a news report appeared in Malayala Manorama dated 31 July 2023, 13.13 lakhs women and children are missing from India during the years 2019,2020 and 2021.  Out of these 22,799 are from the most literate state of the country, Kerala. And the people's government is now ruling the state. The most pathetic state is that neither the central government nor the state governments give due significance for this issue. We have many agencies to find the missing people like the police, CBI, IB, etc. I don't know whether the government may say that all these agencies are not meant for this silly issue. The poeple and the government should know that there are 67 countries in the world with a population  less than 13 lakhs, the number of the missing people. In other words, the missing numbers are more than the population of these much countries, it should have been received great attention from all over the world. Maybe because of our large population we are practica...

         Mosque Xian of China                  built in 1392 There  is an estimated 28 million Muslims in China. Hui Muslims are found to be the largest group. The biggest concentration of Muslims are found in Xinjiang, which contains Uyghur population. According to available data China has the 11th largest Muslim population in the world. According to a report by the Wikipedia some Muslim communities in China face legal restrictions on their ability to practice. Since 2017 Chinese government is accused of detaining more than million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in internment camps in Xinjiang and conducting forceful assimilation to suppress their cultural and religious identity. According to Sarah Cook, Senior Research Analyst of Freedom House for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, "After 2009, everything changed. Now the rule is, if I go to your house, read some Quran, pray together, and the governm...

Green Chilli  makes a fearful look to many including children. When we make friendship with this beautiful kitchen member, we may come to know that this is not a demon but an angel. Green chilli is zero calorie and good for weight loss. It brings up the metabolism by 50% in three hours after eating. Green chillies protect against cancer. Green chillies are loaded with antioxidants, that protect the body against free radicals by acting as natural scavengers. It can also keep at bay prostate problems. It also exert a number of benificial effects on the cardiovascular system. Capsaicin found in green chillies although hot to taste, has been lower body temperature by stimulating cooling system. It also combat against common cold and sinus infection. It also act as pain reliever, digestive effective and anti-ulcer aid. Green chillies are loaded with Vitamin C and beta-carotene and therefore, should be stored  at dark and cool place. Green chillies also help us to have h...

(Woman at a dinning table of a luxury hotel eating expensive food) We may find here some costly food items around the world. Jawa coffee per cup in Hawaii: $4.98 (Rs 418/-) Donkey milk in India per litre: Rs 2000 to 7000 Costliest tea: Da Hong Pao the legendary Big Red Robe is steeped in history and rarity. (This tea is from the mist of the Wuyi Mountains of China) Price per Kilogram, $1.2 million (Rs 8,66,87,000) Price per cup, $2,400 (Rs 2,01,344) Baccarrat Hotel, New York  Breakfast  Eggs and Caviar (eggs of fish) $240 (Rs 20,135/-) Snacks  Yubari Melon (Exclusively sold in Japan) SGD $ 34,000 (Rs 20,96,927) Meals  Paco Roncero Restaurant Ibiza, Spain: Rs 23,280 Fish Curry At 'Samundari Khazana' an Indian Restaurant in London is known for the costliest curry in the world. Seafood curry, £ 2,000 (Rs 2,21,689/-) Most expensive food in the world is : Almas Caviar, made from the female beluga sturgeon. It is harvested from the South Caspian sea. It must be...

According to Oxford Dictionary the meaning of the word knowledge is: 'Facts, information and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject', or awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation. Most people living today are spending a good share of their lives to acquire knowledge. Here comes a question. Does knowledge have any limit? The storage capacity of human brain has limit, but the knowledge as it is, is unlimited. Science says that the observable diameter of the universe is 93 billion light years. All knowledge man can reach is comprised here. Science says that the universe came up to the present gigantic state from a tiny particle. When that is the fact, all these unmeasurable knowledge was contained in that tiny particle. The sun, moon, stars and all life forms or the time , space and matter were came into existence from that tiny particle must be the Almighty God. If that God is...